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MAKING SIGNS: 10 Best Practices

Don’t be unnecessarily disappointed with your signage. Before you copy and paste your favorite logo onto a Vista Print template and order up your signage, there are a few things you should know: 1.  COPYRIGHT LAWS These are kind of important. You can’t copy and paste other people’s logos onto your stuff. You […]
By |May 9th, 2012|Advertising, Blog, Branding, Business Development, Communications, Marketing, Signage|0 Comments
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Signs that Don’t Work, Part 2. Church Signs

  I have a list where I gather together the flyaway thoughts that rattle around in my brain. The things that need to come out. Looking the list over, I realized that “Church Signs Rant” was written […]
By |April 23rd, 2012|Advertising, Blog, Branding, Business Development, Communications, Environmental Design, Marketing, Signage|0 Comments
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The 10 Commandments of Signage

 1. Don’t use Papyrus (or Comic Sans or Curlz, for that matter…) 2. Don’t use just plain paper 3. No Clip Art Borders EVER 4. Don’t create Typography with a Marker
By |April 9th, 2012|Communications, Environmental Design, Marketing, Signage|0 Comments
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Signs that Work, Part 1. Wayfinding Signage

  I was in a new location recently. People everywhere. I had no idea where to locate what I needed to find and I didn’t want to track through a maze of hallways to possibly (or possibly not) find what I was looking for. I’m not an explorer by nature. There […]
By |March 27th, 2012|Advertising, Business Development, Communications, Environmental Design, Marketing, Signage|0 Comments
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